#38BAD0#38BAD0

#38BAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAD0
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -27.38, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.61, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0963 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.113 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5701, 40.5090, 65.8701)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAD0 #D04E38

analogous

#38D09A #38BAD0 #386ED0

triadic

#38BAD0 #D038BA #BAD038

tetradic

#38BAD0 #9A38D0 #D04E38 #6ED038

square

#38BAD0 #9A38D0 #D04E38 #6ED038

split-complementary

#38BAD0 #D0386E #D09A38

monochromatic

#1B6673 #2792A4 #38BAD0 #6ACBDC #9BDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAD0	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfde',
    500: '#38bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bad0;
$custom-light: #85cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAD0

secondary

#D39A91

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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